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Confidante

//ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female confidant.

    "Dany’s descent into madness is coming, of that there’s no doubt, especially given that the episode ends with the execution of her confidante Missandei."

  2. 2
    a female confidant wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.

    "Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings."

  4. 4
    Nonstandard spelling of confidant (male). alt-of, nonstandard

    "To Major Smiley, as his friend, his adviser, and his confidante, Adolphus Fitzopal had opened his heart […]"

Etymology

From French confidente.

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